Kirsten Bennett quotes from Party of Five

Charlie

Did they say something?

Kirsten

No. I mean, nothing new. I mean, you know how he's felt since I got sick.

Charlie

Yeah, but that was three years ago.

Kirsten

Right. He knows that. And he promised he wouldn't bring it up.

Charlie

He had to promise? What did he have to promise not to say?

Kirsten

Daddy! Mommy!

Oh, sweetheart! Oh, [giggles] will you look at you. You are glowing. Will you look at her, Gene? Is she not lit from within?

She's lit.

Hello, Charlie.

Charlie

Good to see you.

[they hug] You, too. Gene?

Charlie.

Well, [laughs] this is a happy occasion, isn't it? Gene. Gene?

Kirsten

Oh, why don't we go get the baggage? Um, because we're parked in a read zone, So you know what? We, um... Better move it.

Uh-oh. Okay.

[to Charlie] He's a little bit off. You see, that airline beef bourguignon just kind of bogs him down. But he just finished saying how happy he is.

We are gathered here today to celebrate one of life's greatest moments. To add our best hopes to the words that unite these two in marriage, and to joyously serve as witnesses...

Charlie

I, Charlie, take you, Kirsten, to be my wife. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health...for richer or for poorer,

Kirsten

...in joy and in sorrow. I promise to love, honor, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

...our love for each other. By these vows, the joining of your hands and the giving of these rings... I now declare you to be husband and wife. Congratulations.

Charlie

[they kiss while band plays music, guests applaud and cheer] Down the aisle. Down the aisle.

Charlie

Hey.

Kirsten

Hi.

Charlie

What are you doing out here?

Kirsten

Just thinking... It's just... I know that I would be happy with any baby we shared. I know that. But I have this dream, this fantasy... Where we have a baby who has your eyes, and my nose, your laugh... [both chuckle] And cries like me. Well, it's just a dream. The reality... is... Remember when I was sick? Cause the funny thing is... I mostly don't. I know you do. I know that in some ways that it was harder on you than it was on me. And I know that I can dream about all kinds of things... But that's what's real.

Kirsten

Hey.

Charlie

Hey.

Kirsten

Is Julia okay?

Charlie

Yeah, she's fine. It was just a minor sprain.

Kirsten

Was Owen mad that I left early?

Charlie

No, no, he's fine. You know I, uh, I realized tonight that, um, I come from a really big family.

Kirsten

You just realized that?

Charlie

No, not exactly, but... I forget sometimes, you know, Just how lucky I am.

Kirsten

Charlie...

Charlie

I was just thinking. I don't want Diana to miss out on that because... I was afraid.

Kirsten

Look, don't do this to me if...

Charlie

I'm not. I'm not. If having a baby like this is what you want, and you're ready for the risks, I'm ready, too.

Kirsten

Happy Birthday.

Charlie

Yeah. You know, I was looking at Griffin lying there, lying in that bed. Not too long ago, that was me.

Kirsten

I remember.

Charlie

And I promised myself that if I ever got out of there alive, I wasn't gonna waste time on the stuff that doesn't matter. I'm gonna quit teaching, Kirsten.

Kirsten

Charlie...

Charlie

Yeah, the factory pays more, and we need that money.

Kirsten

Yeah, but you... you love the teaching better.

Charlie

That's not what matters now. What matters the most to me right now is making this baby. The rest of it... It'll come in time. Stuff I always dreamed about, the designing stuff, it'll come.

Kirsten

Are you sure?

Charlie

Yeah. The funny thing is, I am. There's just been so many times that... I mean, when Mom and Dad died and I had to put my whole life on hold. When you went away, when I got sick... I kept just having to trust fate, you know? And if I just held on, the things that I wanted would come back to me. And they always did. And they will again. If I just hold on, they will again.